A Hand-Slammingly, Mouth-Agape, "WHAAAAT!?"

This article right here, saying that our nuclear power plants don't require additional protection.

I'm sorry.

WHAT?!

You require that we package our shampoo in travel sized containers and submit to nipple-rubs and ass-crack touching when we fly on air planes in the name of of counter terrorism, and as citizens, we begrudgingly comply, because we know it's for our own safety, regardless of how incompetent the TSA officers are, and regardless of how humiliating and violating the procedure is sometimes. (Note to self: Recover the pre-sleep blog idea about the ubiquity of the word TSA, from virtually unknown six years ago...)

We do this for the national good, and for our safety. And there's been literature written, suggesting that we protect our Nuclear Power plants, which are located near urban areas, and capable of killing us terribly and painfully in the event of a disaster... and killing a great many of us, I might add... and disfiguring those who aren't killed, and disfiguring their babies...

And you say, "No."

NO?! NOT FEASIBLE?!

This is the United Fucking States of America. Make it feasible. This has been my mantra over, and over, and over again, but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Box in those fucking nuclear reactors with Steel I-Beams or whatever you have to do. There are more than 103 airports in America, I would wager; and yet all of them have Metal Detectors and security areas in place. How much did that cost? We managed to do it. I'm sure the money is somewhere to get materials, labor, and designs. Find it.

Reinforce them. Who cares if it'll be a big box; Nuclear Reactors aren't that pretty to begin with. And I'm sure it's possible with modern building materials.

Find the money. Hire an engineer. Do something. Because, by writing the article, you've now put the idea into someone's head. And it might become a reality now. So... take an affirmative step to decrease that chance. Even if it doesn't work... no. Make it work.

Un-fucking believable.